BBC News – Technology

• Facial recognition: EU considers ban of up to five years
  The European Commission wants time to work out how to prevent the technology being abused.
• Can Microsoft's 'moonshot' carbon goal succeed?
  The tech giant admits its "carbon negative" goal is ambitious.
• Facebook blocks the Spinner's 'brainwashing' tech
  Social network orders the Spinner to stop targeting its users with "disguised" ads.
• Girlsdoporn offline after losing legal battle
  The site owners were ordered to pay $12.8m in damages to 22 women who appeared in videos it published.
• Apple may have to abandon Lightning connector cable
  European Parliament members want all tech giants to adopt a single universal charging method.